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Nothing takes you back to time and a place like the music of a particular era. That’s one big reason why music documentaries are flourishing at a time of enormous demand for high-end docu productions.
This year’s five Grammy Award nominees for best music film reflect the appetite for stories about renowned and beloved musical figures, from Whitney Houston to Itzhak Perlman to Elvis Presley to Quincy Jones. Music docus have a natural commercial appeal and a built-in core target audience, which provides a foundation for marketing efforts to spur word-of-mouth about a title.
“What’s beautiful about doing a music documentary is that it immediately transcends the borders of the docu-loving audience and the community of an artist’s fans,” said Vinnie Malhotra, Showtime’s head of documentary programming. “They’re emotional. There’s a nostalgia factor to them. At their best they give you new perspective...
This year’s five Grammy Award nominees for best music film reflect the appetite for stories about renowned and beloved musical figures, from Whitney Houston to Itzhak Perlman to Elvis Presley to Quincy Jones. Music docus have a natural commercial appeal and a built-in core target audience, which provides a foundation for marketing efforts to spur word-of-mouth about a title.
“What’s beautiful about doing a music documentary is that it immediately transcends the borders of the docu-loving audience and the community of an artist’s fans,” said Vinnie Malhotra, Showtime’s head of documentary programming. “They’re emotional. There’s a nostalgia factor to them. At their best they give you new perspective...
- 12/8/2018
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
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Thanks to those of you who particpated in our American Reunion TV and DVD giveaway contest! There were a lot of great submissions for the 'Then and Now' photographs and it took some looking over to really narrow down who should take home that brand new 50" Coby HD Led TV. But, who eventually came out on top? A big congrats to Brian Welch! Ugh, you two are so adorable together.
And who's getting the DVDs?
Drew Lowther, Alex Emr, Jennifer Nebeling and Camille Catalan!
Important To All The Winners: Be on the look out for an email from us shortly!
Thanks again everyone for your awesome submissions! For more prizes and games, check out our other Ology contests here!
And, oh yeah, here's a shot of the cast. With Jason Biggs being classy as usual.
- 7/12/2012
- by Stephanie Webber
- Filmology
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